Combination toilet tissue package



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ATTORNEY Patented Got. 5, 1954 paaren sTATss PATENT OFFICE 2,690,838 COMBINATION TOILET TISSUE PACKAGE John J. Tepper, New York, N. Y. l Application February'ZS, 1950, Serial No..146,695

1 Claim.

1 This invention relates to improvements in wrapper for household papers.

The principal objects of this invention are: First, to provide a novel form of wrapper for toilet tissue, paper toweling aid similar household paper which protects the paper during transportation and display and which is reusable in the home of the purchaser of the paper as a washing or polishing cloth.

Second, to provide a wrapper for household tissues which protects the tissue against wetting and soiling.

Third, to provide a wrapper capable of bearing any desired labeling and advertising indicia in the form of printed matter without danger of the print or ink soaking through and soiling the tissue within the wrapper.

Fourth, to provide a parchment washing or polishing cloth adapted for use as a wrapper for household tissues.

Fifth, to provide a novel packaged article for transportation, display and sale in which both the article and package are useful to the purchaser.

Other objects and advantages relating to details of my invention will be apparent from a consideration of the following description and claim.

lIhe drawings, of which there is one sheet, illustrate a preferred form of my wrapper and a roll of toilet tissue wrapped therein.

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a wrapped roll of tissue as it will be transported and oiered for sale.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the wrapper in iiat position prior to or after use as a wrapper.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross sectional view through the wrapper in exaggerated thickness illustrating the position of the printed material on the wrapper.

Heretofore it has been the practice to wrap toilet tissue, paper toweling and similar household papers in a relatively light tissue paper wrapping because of the economy of the wrapper itself and the ease with which it could be applied to the roll of paper. These tissue Wrappings are relatively weak and highly subject to disintegration by water. In order to prevent the soiling of the contents of the package from the printing on these wrappers in case the package became wet, manufacturers have resorted to the use of nonwater-soluble inks. The only purpose of such wrappers is to provide a limited amount of protection to the enclosed paper and the wrappers are universally discarded when the package is opened.

I propose to wrap household papers in a wrapper of parchment paper to more perfectly protect the Wrapped paper and to provide a wrapper which is reuseable for other purposes after its removal from the household paper. -As illustrated in the drawings, I have provided a wrapper sheet of parchmentized paper or" such a size as to completely wrap a roll of toilet tissue 0r other household paper to form a commercial article or package 2.

In order to eliminate or overcome the natural stiff and relatively brittle character of the parchment paper in its untreated state and to facilitate the application of the wrapper by automatic wrapping machines, I treat the parchmentized paper by applying glycerine to it in amounts approximating 25 per cent of the weight of the untreated parchment. I prefer to use a relatively light weight parchment weighing approximately 27 pounds for 500 sheets 24 by 36 inches in size. Other Weights of paper can obviously be used and other proportions of glycerine upwardly from 10 per cent by Weight are useful in softening and preventing cracking of the parchment.

The usual labeling and advertising indicia on the package is applied as at 3 by printing on the Wrapper sheet l. Preferably I employ an ink that is water soluble but at the same time resistant to cold or cool water. The ink is characterized by being substantially insoluble in water up to or '70 F. but will readily dissolve in warm or hot water. The addition of soap or detergent to the water increases the solubility of the ink. I term such inks wash out inks, which term is recognized in the ing industry as de'- scribing any ink consisting of a coloring pigment mixed in a vegetable oil base which will readily saponify.

A wrapper printed with these warm water soluble inks will be unaffected by rain or water from wet vegetables, so there is no danger of the purchaser getting his or her hands or clothes smeared with ink while taking the article home. However, upon unwrapping the article, the wrapper can be dipped in a dishpan of warm or soapy water, and the printing will be easily removed. Since parchment paper has no bers to soak up the ink, there is no staining of the wrapper, and all of the ink ows easily o' of the wrapper, leaving a clean, useful washing or cleaning cloth. The parchment can be used and reused a great many times and is quickly cleaned by washing in water like any fabric cloth. In addition, the parchment Wrapper aords increased protection for the product, since water will not 3 soak through the wrapper and damage the enclosed tissue.

In order to improve the utility of the wrapper sheet l for use as a Wash cloth, I provide a plurality of perforations 4 through the sheet. Thus when the sheet is immersed in water and wadded together in a squeezing or wringing motion, Water entrapped in the sheet can leak out through the holes 4 without squirting from the folds around the edges of the sheet. However, the holes are not absolutely essential particularly if the sheet is to be used in dry form as a polishing cloth or protective wrapping for food or other articles in the home. It should be noted that when holes are provided, they are located near the center of the sheet where they will fall along the side of the wrapped roll. Thus any dirt which may work through the holes will spot only the outer layer or turn of the roll rather than the edges of several layers.

I have found that parchment paper of relatively light Weght provides adequate protection for household tissues, under normal handling conditions, from the manufacturer to the user and is suciently inexpensive to permit its use in place of the older tissue paper Wrappers. rIhus the purchaser of a roll or package of household paper obtans an adequately protected References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Re. 22,490 Rambold May 30, 1944 107,687 Hudson Sept. 27, 1870 673,373 Youmans Apr. 30, 1901 1,611,403 Bales Dec. 21, 1926 1,631,757 Peck June 7, 1927 1,633,787 Kress June 28, 1927 1,760,820 Drew May 27, 1930 2,005,493 Blackwell June 18, 1935 2,105,368 Parsons Jan. 11, 1938 2,112,963 Jones Apr. 5, 1938 2,195,239 Champsaur Mar. 26, 1940 

